The Big Sky

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The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, noted for its depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers and frontier exploration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
academyAwardNomination Best Supporting Actor
academyAwardNominee Arthur Hunnicutt NERFINISHED
academyAwardsYear 1953
authorOfSourceWork A. B. Guthrie Jr. NERFINISHED
basedOn The Big Sky (novel) NERFINISHED
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Russell Harlan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Howard Hawks NERFINISHED
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Christian Nyby NERFINISHED
filmGenre Western
adventure
filmRatingSystem Motion Picture Production Code era NERFINISHED
language English
mainTheme frontier exploration
fur trapping
medium cinema
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation American frontier
Missouri River region NERFINISHED
notableFor depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers
depiction of frontier exploration
originalLanguage English
partOf American Western film canon
producer Howard Hawks NERFINISHED
productionCompany Winchester Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED
publicationTypeOfSourceWork novel
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1947
releaseDate 1952-08-18
releaseYear 1952
runtime 122 minutes
140 minutes
screenwriter Dudley Nichols NERFINISHED
settingTime early 19th century
starring Arthur Hunnicutt NERFINISHED
Buddy Baer NERFINISHED
Dewey Martin NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Threatt NERFINISHED
Henri Letondal NERFINISHED
Iron Eyes Cody NERFINISHED
Jim Davis NERFINISHED
Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED
Steven Geray NERFINISHED

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Jim Davis appearedIn The Big Sky
Jamie-Lynn Sigler castMemberOf The Big Sky
this entity surface form: Big Sky
John Carroll Lynch notableWork The Big Sky
this entity surface form: Big Sky
A. B. Guthrie Jr. notableWork The Big Sky
Russell Harlan workedOn The Big Sky